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RCA (2016) EU
Multi-platinum selling rock band Kings of Leon return with their hugely anticipated seventh studio album Walls, the follow-up to their Grammy Nominated 2013 effort Mechanical Bull. The group decided to revisit their recording roots in Los Angeles, CA, where they layed down their first two albums, working with famed producer Markus Dravs (Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Florence + the Machine) for the first time. Dravs pushed Kings of Leon in new directions on the organic 10-track set which finds the band experimenting with their signature sound and committing to the most personal material of their career.
Bassist Jared Followel to Billboard, "He just said things that nobody had ever said to us. Like, 'I don't like that song, that's not good, we can move on from that.'" Dravs also asked the band to change tempos and musical styles at the drop of a hat. "He'd be like, 'OK, now play it like the Sex Pistols.' And then you've turned a slow song into a fast one."